Monday, May 15, 2017

May 15, 2017 (UNIAN) Ukrainian President
Petro Poroshenko insists on the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in
occupied Donbas, according to an UNIAN correspondent. "I would very much
like that my idea of introducing peacekeepers be supported. The militants were
frightened when they saw that the idea of peacekeepers began to find support. Therefore,
they organized an OSCE car blast, resulting in an American observer, a
paramedic, died," Poroshenko said at a press conference in Kyiv on Sunday.

As UNIAN reported, on April 23, the vehicle of the OSCE SMM patrol blew up on a
mine near the village of Pryshyb, controlled by "LPR" militants. An
unarmed American monitor was killed in a blast, while another two monitors –
from Germany and the Czech Republic – were injured. Ukrainian President has
repeatedly stressed the need to deploy an OSCE armed police mission in the east
of Ukraine an order to ensure security. However, the formation of such a
mission requires the consent of all 57 OSCE participating countries.